Abe Knaster

“You know that movie, where the little boy says 'I see dead people'?

The Sixth Sense.

Well, I see them all the time, and I'm getting tired of it. That's what's ruined my mood. Here it is, almost Christmas, and I didn't even think about putting up a tree, because I'm still seeing the autopsy lab in my head. I'm still smelling it on my hands. I come home on a day like this, after two postmortems, and I can't think about cooking dinner. I can't even look at a piece of meat without thinking of muscle fibers. All I can deal with is a cocktail. And then I pour the drink and smell the alcohol, and suddenly there I am, back in the lab. Alcohol, formalin, they both have that same sharp smell.”
― Tess Gerritsen, The Sinner

“She siged, a sound of regret for childhood transgressions, for all the lessons learned too late.”
― Tess Gerritsen, Body Double

“If you want to remain at liberty, I suggest you not antagonize your defenders.”
― Tess Gerritsen, The Bone Garden

“We are all descended from monsters.”
― Tess Gerritsen, Body Double